Just got itCant wait for your reviewim really tempted to get one myself
I'll start working on the review asap!Everdrive GBA is finally a reality
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I'll start working on the review asap!
I just ordered mine directly from Krikzz. Will most likely take a while before a new batch is being shipped out but what the heck, at least I got my spot in line now
I never really considered buying and everdrive. Too expensive imo. But from what I understand, they are always good.
Hi Bortz!
If it's not a secret why do you think that EverDrive is too expensive?
What are the reasons?
Thanks!
If it's not a secret why do you think that EverDrive is too expensive?
What are the reasons?
Thanks!
Ummm...The specs had not been fully released when we were hypothesizing about the potential of it having the solar sensor. At that time we were trying to come up with justifications for the cart size. And since the cart stuck out like Boktai, ans Krikzz had posted a test video of Boktai...it seemed like a possibility. Clearly after the specs were posted we knew it wasnt the case.
On another note.....have the first round of these shipped out yet? Anyone know?
On another note.....have the first round of these shipped out yet? Anyone know?
I can not speak for Bortz but looking directly at the market there are things with almost the same functionality for less than half the price. No save patching and having proper RTC for the three or four games that make use of it (compared to patches which get you maybe 85% of the way there) is nice but whether it is twice the price nice is very much up for debate. Said save patching is not like a modern console either where you need to find gigs of space for the patches and the patching result as things are 16 megs or less on average.
For the other markets the everdrive lot now own there was a clear place to jump with modern designs and sorting harder to do aspects. The GBA in comparison is brutally simple (no mappers, special chips, mbcs, cics and the like), give or take the speed issue which is not so bad just costs more than a NAND reader, with a well developed market and alternatives already in place.
Buy the cheaper chinese clones then... the Game Boy one works perfectly as long as you don't update it.
Nah3DS not everyone prefers not to update. quite a lot of people in the world who has the unreal sum of 100 USD and can update when they want without fear get a brick one day.
FAST6191 what's about loading speed? what's about copying just ROM files on a SD card and not strange convertions? what's about energy consumption? what's about all type saves? save patching and rtc also not so bad things to be honest. nobody prevents you to use your fiesta (: drive. Do you own one of the old devices and trying to convince yourself not to buy EverDrive? (: Ok. you don't need it. Don't buy it. Why do you think that if you are ok to drive fiesta all people in the world must drive fiest too? Maybe those who had an unbelievable sum of 50 USD extra would like to drive "mercedes" or "bmw" but there was only your fiesta. However there is also strange guys who likes to drive chinese clones of bmw which can disassemble just in the road. Everyone chooses what he likes. If you are so poor that don't have 100 USD(once per your life) for enjoyment it doesn't mean that everyone in the world is the same.
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To be honest very strange to see the comments of the users from developed countries where a worker having low qualification earning the minimal wage needs to work at most 2-3 days to get 100 USD. The price that you pay only once per whole your life for comfortable enjoyment. I understand if a guy from 3rd world Pakistan or Ukraine writes something like that where he needs to work at least a month for 100 USD or even Argentina but UK or the US... really very strange. Sweep the streets 2-3 days and don't cry that you don't have 100 USD.
FAST6191 what's about loading speed? what's about copying just ROM files on a SD card and not strange convertions? what's about energy consumption? what's about all type saves? save patching and rtc also not so bad things to be honest. nobody prevents you to use your fiesta (: drive. Do you own one of the old devices and trying to convince yourself not to buy EverDrive? (: Ok. you don't need it. Don't buy it. Why do you think that if you are ok to drive fiesta all people in the world must drive fiest too? Maybe those who had an unbelievable sum of 50 USD extra would like to drive "mercedes" or "bmw" but there was only your fiesta. However there is also strange guys who likes to drive chinese clones of bmw which can disassemble just in the road. Everyone chooses what he likes. If you are so poor that don't have 100 USD(once per your life) for enjoyment it doesn't mean that everyone in the world is the same.
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To be honest very strange to see the comments of the users from developed countries where a worker having low qualification earning the minimal wage needs to work at most 2-3 days to get 100 USD. The price that you pay only once per whole your life for comfortable enjoyment. I understand if a guy from 3rd world Pakistan or Ukraine writes something like that where he needs to work at least a month for 100 USD or even Argentina but UK or the US... really very strange. Sweep the streets 2-3 days and don't cry that you don't have 100 USD.
@Johnatan Mnemonikus
i think it's something about:
i can get a game boy for 5 or 10 bucks, and loads of cheap games
with 10 bucks i can get a DS flashcart and play "not so old games"
i can play all that games and stuff for free in my watch or nearly any device nowadays..
why the hell will i pay 100 dollars for a cart for such old dead system with less capacity than my tv remote??
it's a "niche" product.. unless pokemon go created a fever that made everyone get a gameboy from ebay, krikkz is limited to costumers who love retro gaming and want a true experience with the "every game released for the system in 1 cart" twist
or people who want to enhance their nostalgia experience..
the price is heavy for me (and i will not be able to purchase it), but i think its a very fair price..
and if the cart has warranty, and is built to last, IMHO the price is just right...
i think it's something about:
i can get a game boy for 5 or 10 bucks, and loads of cheap games
with 10 bucks i can get a DS flashcart and play "not so old games"
i can play all that games and stuff for free in my watch or nearly any device nowadays..
why the hell will i pay 100 dollars for a cart for such old dead system with less capacity than my tv remote??
it's a "niche" product.. unless pokemon go created a fever that made everyone get a gameboy from ebay, krikkz is limited to costumers who love retro gaming and want a true experience with the "every game released for the system in 1 cart" twist
or people who want to enhance their nostalgia experience..
the price is heavy for me (and i will not be able to purchase it), but i think its a very fair price..
and if the cart has warranty, and is built to last, IMHO the price is just right...
Fast loading is nice but it is still measured in seconds for a game you theoretically will be playing for a lot longer, I mentioned no save patching but it is also hardly like save patching is a strange and hard to do concept -- an ASCII search and a few bytes that are the same for every sub save type which said ASCII search will tell you, as such there are dozens of programs to do it and are about as easy to use as simply extracting the ROMs in the first place. Do we have stats on the relative energy consumption, I am genuinely interested to see those? Though the competition, unless you go really really old and hard to find, is about in line with a normal cart.
Physical size issue aside then should the features be as advertised it is clearly going to be the best present device on the market, however if my goal is "play basically every GBA game" then it represents a significant extra investment over the alternatives which will also allow me to play basically every GBA game just fine and with pretty minimal hassle. Said differences might well mean something to quite a few people as the primary differences will play out in the gem named pokemon games, something which causes no end of traumas in sites like this so I have to assume they are somewhat popular, but it is not something that was unplayable before.
I am quite glad to see some competition in the GBA flash cart market as it could do with a bit of a kick in the arse, however it is not like we were all playing with the equivalent of a metal hoop and a stick before and now everdrive comes to drag us into the modern world. To that end it is hard to get excited like it was for their attempts at other systems. Or to continue with your car analogy it might well be like buying a silly expensive saloon when the hot hatch will happily go toe to toe with it and not do badly.
Though with all this said I do also have emulators so much of this is a moot point for me as they do far better from where I sit.
Please someone show me where to get a functioning GBA for 5-10 bucks. Pretty please. Ill buy ten.
Nowadays finding a GBA in perfect functional and physical condition for under the 30-50 price range is considered a good find. Even on kijiji. Sorry im Canadian...I guess in USD maybe its more like 25-40.
The only flash card that I found worked perfectly for me up to this point was the EZflash lite. But that doesnt fit in the gba. Ive had most other cards including two of the newer micro sd ezflash model and have on several occasions had problems with each and every one. The new micro sd ez flash being the worst of the bunch because both have read/write, save and contact problems. The build quality is so low on the newer model that having the ability to use the micro sd is a shoddy consolation prize for having a half assed product.
The big sell for everdrive, aside from all the aforementioned features, is reliability and incredible quality. There is a strong brand reassurance because all of the previous everdrives have performed admirably.
For some people...that degree of trust is well worth 100 bucks. Especially when the alternatives are cheap chinese products that are pretty much a crap shoot every time you order one. Do you save money and get a cheap solution...sure. But I want a product I know it still going to be working great for years and years. If my everdribe GB/GBC is any indication. The Everdrive GBA is going to be well worth the price of admission.
Nowadays finding a GBA in perfect functional and physical condition for under the 30-50 price range is considered a good find. Even on kijiji. Sorry im Canadian...I guess in USD maybe its more like 25-40.
The only flash card that I found worked perfectly for me up to this point was the EZflash lite. But that doesnt fit in the gba. Ive had most other cards including two of the newer micro sd ezflash model and have on several occasions had problems with each and every one. The new micro sd ez flash being the worst of the bunch because both have read/write, save and contact problems. The build quality is so low on the newer model that having the ability to use the micro sd is a shoddy consolation prize for having a half assed product.
The big sell for everdrive, aside from all the aforementioned features, is reliability and incredible quality. There is a strong brand reassurance because all of the previous everdrives have performed admirably.
For some people...that degree of trust is well worth 100 bucks. Especially when the alternatives are cheap chinese products that are pretty much a crap shoot every time you order one. Do you save money and get a cheap solution...sure. But I want a product I know it still going to be working great for years and years. If my everdribe GB/GBC is any indication. The Everdrive GBA is going to be well worth the price of admission.
Only issue I have with the price, is the fact it sticks out.
When it was speculated if it has X feature, that was one thing. But now it's, it sticks out because it's a single sided pcb because they are easier and cheaper to produce, but the saving isn't passed on. Just a little dissapointing considering if it was double sided, it should easily fit in a gba sized shell considering the m3l perfect had micro sd & rtc and fit in a ds lite sized shell.
Can't speak for quality of Chinese flashcarts now, maybe they have gone down the shitter, but my EZFA still functions fine (12 years old) and so does my G6L (10 years old).
When it was speculated if it has X feature, that was one thing. But now it's, it sticks out because it's a single sided pcb because they are easier and cheaper to produce, but the saving isn't passed on. Just a little dissapointing considering if it was double sided, it should easily fit in a gba sized shell considering the m3l perfect had micro sd & rtc and fit in a ds lite sized shell.
Can't speak for quality of Chinese flashcarts now, maybe they have gone down the shitter, but my EZFA still functions fine (12 years old) and so does my G6L (10 years old).
The EZ-IV is still kicking around. Pretty sure they are either still producing it or done a large batch not too long ago. Either way, it's still around, but is not drag and drop and lacks rtc.
i have ezflash 4 and 5[the ds lite one] and i i still want this card. Not specifically for my dslite but for my gba/sp/micro/dsphat.
i hate the bullshit you have to do to set up everything for ez4. The one i got has to use a minisd card. Do any of you guys know what that is? Seriously only people that have this cart know what it is. There apparently is a microsd version but its still not drag and drop and doesnt have rtc and isnt glued together...
im getting this later on just in case he makes a better version but honestly ever since i got ez4 i wanted him to make gba cart cuz i know he'd make it better. id rather pay 2x as much to get a reliable product.
Also if people want to brag about how theres ezflash plz link to a site that has them i dare you.
i hate the bullshit you have to do to set up everything for ez4. The one i got has to use a minisd card. Do any of you guys know what that is? Seriously only people that have this cart know what it is. There apparently is a microsd version but its still not drag and drop and doesnt have rtc and isnt glued together...
im getting this later on just in case he makes a better version but honestly ever since i got ez4 i wanted him to make gba cart cuz i know he'd make it better. id rather pay 2x as much to get a reliable product.
Also if people want to brag about how theres ezflash plz link to a site that has them i dare you.
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It's true that it sticks out a bit but I'm not really noticing it on my GBA SP. I'll test later with the Micro and the OG GBA.
By the way, nope, no solar sensor
Loading times are insane, Mother 3 starts in just 2-3 seconds... Which I suppose is great if you like to switch games a lot!
Sticks out about the same as drill dozer and other oversized carts right? Those got on my nerves on my sp.
I could deal with it, I just think if you are going to go with an oversized case because you want to stay single side to save money, then some of that should be passed on and reflected in the price.
Last edited by Armadillo,
It's true that it sticks out a bit but I'm not really noticing it on my GBA SP. I'll test later with the Micro and the OG GBA.
By the way, nope, no solar sensor
Loading times are insane, Mother 3 starts in just 2-3 seconds... Which I suppose is great if you like to switch games a lot!
test with kirby and the amazing mirror,
i am kinda curious how that card works.. does it copy the rom into a ram or something?
super card for gba had loads of issues because it read directly from the sd card.. some cards like EZ iv solved this by including a PSRAM\NOR memory wich the rom get temporary loaded into..
i want to know how that card works...
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